Billings Welcomes 27th Annual Montana Women’s Run

Welcome to all the women and their families who are visiting Billings for the 27th Annual Montana Women’s Run. Registration remains open throughout the week for the Montana Women’s Run, held in downtown Billings on Saturday, May 10.

Run it!

Walk it!

Live it!

Join women of all ages in the 2-mile or the 5-mile event. Strollers and wheelchairers are welcome!

This year the Montana Women’s Run will, for the first time, have chip timing and will be run on a new course.

Registration on line (womensrun.org) closes on May 5 at noon, but you may still enter at headquarters downtown until 6 p.m. on Friday, May 9. Headquarters is at 219 N. 29th St., which is where participants pick up their t-shirts, packets and tickets. Early entry fee is $17, $22 May 9-10. Headquarters is open Wednesday, May 7, through Friday, May 9, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Friday is also Pasta Night at MSU Billings at 6:30 p.m. The gala event, which precedes race day, is a benefit for the YWCA. Guest speaker is Lisa Rainsberger (formerly Weidenbach) of Colorado Springs, CO, a former Olympic trials swimmer, runner and triathlete. Tickets for pasta night ($10) are available until May 7. A free Health Expo is open to the public beginning at 4 p.m.

The first race begins at 8:30 a.m. at North 25th and 2nd Avenue and the finish line is at North 30th Street and 2nd Avenue North. Be sure to stay for the after-race celebration under Sky Point, and to enjoy downtown Billings.

For further information call headquarters at 294-7117.